Clothes-drier.



A. G. GALBRAITH.

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION men IAN.2I,J9I6.

PatentedJ uly 18, 1916.-

AMBROSE-GARNET GALBRAITHQOF PARRY SOUND, ONTARIO, CANADA.

CLOT ES-Damn.

Specification of-Ljetters Patent.

Application filed January 21,1916. Serial No. 73,275.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AMBROSE GARNET GALBRAITH, a. subject of the King of Great Britain, of the town of Parry Sound, distriot of Parry Sound, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Driers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatestoimprovements clothes driers, and the principal object of my invention is to provide a clothes drier, particularly for indoor use, which is provided with a plurality of supporting arms permanently connected to the rotary top each by means of the flexible connection which performs the sole function of permanently connecting each-supporting arm with the head so that the same will be prevented from being lost, which invariably results where these supporting arms are not permanently connected with the drier.

Another object of my invention is to construct a drier which will occupy very little space when not in use, as the supporting arms when out of use are supported from the rotary head and depend therebelow and are positioned within the periphery of said rotary head.

A still further object of my invention is to construct the standard of my clothes drier as light as possible by making it of two members supported on a base which. when the members are disconnected therefrom, will permit these membersto close'together, thus'permitting the drier to be shipped in a more or less knocked-down form, ashereinafter more particularly set forth.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of myclothes drier, one of the supporting arms being shown in operative position. Fig. 2 is a view of the-rotary head of the clothes drier from the underside, showing the standard in section, and exhibited a plurality of supporting arms held in operative position, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of portion of the lower end of the standard and supports therefor.

In thedrawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure. g

It is one of the chief objects of my invention to construct a clothes drier as cheaply as possible, and practically wholly of Wood, and yet produce an article of this class which will be durable and efficient.

Patented July 18, 1916.

Various types of clothes driers have been produced whereby the supporting arms when out of use are dropped down and supported by suitable means carried by a standard or bracket. The various means I am acquainted with for supporting the said supporting arms both when in use and when out of useare expensive'to make, and furthermore they are liable to get out oforder. One ofthe most essential points in producing an article of this class is to produce an efficient one which can be manufactured and sold at 'a price less than a competing one, and which does not require any cost for up keep. The hinging means for the arms in certain of the clothes driers I am acquainted with only allow the supporting arms to be raised and lowered through fixed arcs, and v ports are broken. Oftentimes children running around and playing will run against or catch hold of the arms when not in use, and thus damage the same or the connection therefor. In still other types of clothes reels the supporting arms when not in use are supported vertically, yet in such'a manner that whensuflicient force is exerted laterally thereagainst the same are broken. Nowa'ny breakage in this class of article, which must be sold at a low price, to start with, is very undesirable.

In contradistinction tothe foregoing, my supporting arms are connected by flexible means to a rotary head, and when these supporting arms are out of use 'they are suspended below said head'by said flexible connections, any force applied laterally to said arms will merely swing them, thus positively preventing the same from being broken.

A is the rotary head, and the same is pivoted to the standard B by any suitable means, such as a wood screw C passed there through and tapped into the upper portion of said standard B.

D are the supporting arms, and the'same are designed to fit each into one of the sockets E formed in the side edge of the rotary head A. The said arms as well as the said sockets are preferably circular in shape. Each supporting arm D is connected by a flexible connection F such as apiece of cord, preferably to the underside of the rotary head A, and it will be understood that the length of each flexible connection F will be such as to permit of the ready insertion and withdrawal of the arms D in respect of the sockets E. Various ways may be employed to couple the flexible connections F to the head A and arms D. My preferred means for this purpose comprises a plurality of staples G which connect the said flexible connections to the rotary head A, and the staples H connect said flexible connections with the arms D. The sole function performed by the flexible connections F is that of merely supporting the said arms D from the rotary head A when they are not in use. When thesaid arms D are inserted in the sockets E they fit them more or less snugly, and are therefore supported therein without the flexible connections F cooperating therewith in this respect.

The staples G are secured to the rotary head A preferably on the underside thereof 7 and within the periphery of said rotary head, so that two advantages are derived from the position of said staples. The first advantage is that when the supporting arms are in use, when the staples G are placed well within the periphery of the rotary head A, there will not be as much of the flexible connections depending below said head and arms as were the staples G placed near the periphery of said rotary head or in the side thereof. Consequently there will not be very much danger of any articles of clothing, such as lace or muslins (which are easily torn,) becoming entangled with the flexible connections. The second advantage is that when the supporting arms D are not in use they hang close to the standard B and are consequently out of the way and not liable to be hit by passers by. Furthermore, since certain parts of my clothes drier are designed to be knocked-down for shipment, the

supporting arms D can be snugly packed around the standard without any strain on the flexible connections F. When the pieces 2 and 3 are spread apart, the standard will be under strain and the result will be that this strain will stiffen the standard, and the effect will be as though the standard were made of heavier material. When the pieces 2 and 8 are unscrewed from the pieces 6 and 7 and removed therefrom, the tension under which said parts are normally placed will bring them together, as will be understood.

The standard I prefer to use with the parts already described is constructed of two pieces 2 and 3, which are coupled together by any suitable means such as screws 4 near their upper ends. Any suitable binding meanssuch as a ferrule 5, is passed over the upper ends of the pieces 2 and 3 thus strengthening the same at this point. The

cross pieces 6 and 7 form feet for the standard, and these cross pieces are constructed to interfit, as is well known in the art, so that when they are taken apart they can be placed one against theother. The pieces 2 and 3 are spread apart'as shown at. Fig. 1 and straddle, for instance, the cross piece 7. The lower ends of these cross pieces 2 and 3 are slotted as shown at 9 so as to straddle the crosspiece 6. 2 Any suitable means such as screws 8 are used to secure said pieces 2 and 3 to the cross pieces 6 and 7.

By using the pieces 2 and 3 braced together and to the cross pieces 6 and 7 substantially as shown, I provide a standard for the clothes drier which while strong is yet much lighter than a solid standard. Decreasing the weight of this class of article is another important feature of my invention, because oftentimes a house wife is not very strong and'finds it difficult to lift any weight. Oftentimes it is necessary to shift the clothes drier with the clothes hung thereon, and therefore a light clothes drier is desirable. By constructing the standard B of two pieces, I find it is cheaper forme to use this construction because where I cannot secure at the desired price a solid standard of the desired diameter, T can always secure the necessary pieces to give the desired result.

Since the arms D when out of use are supported within the periphery of the rotary head A, it follows that this rotary head can be shoved up into contact with the wall and so reduce to a minimum the space occupied by the drier. Since the rotary head A is made of wood of the desired thickness, and without any means projecting therebeyond for supporting the arms D, it follows that there is no danger of any portion of the hezfil being injured by contact with the wa It will be understood that this clothes reel may be wholly or partially in use, that is to say, any desired number of supporting arms D may be used.

What I claim as myinvention is:

As a new article of manufacture; a clothes drier comprising a rotary head; a standard comprising two vertical pieces coupled together at their upper ends and sprung apart at their lower ends and fora suitable disstraddle one of said cross piecesand on each 1') tance of their length thereby placing said side of the other cross piece. pieces under strain so as to stifien said In testimony whereof I have aflixedmy standard, means whereby said rotary head is signature in presence of two witnesses.

pivoted to the upper end of said standard,

and a pair of cross pieces suitably inter- AMBROSE GARNET GALBRAITH' locked; the lower ends of said vertical pieces Witnesses:

each provided with a longitudinal slot EGERTON R. CASE,

whereby said lower ends are enabled to O. M. BURKINSHAW.

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